Isostatic flexure of a finite slope due to sea-level rise and fall

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-68

  Hutton, E W H ^a   Syvitski, J P M ^a   Watts, A B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continental shelf; Flexure; LGM; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC THICKNESS; ELASTIC PLATE MODELS; FLEXURE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LGM; LITHOSPHERIC FLEXURE; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS;

ESTIMATION; LOADING; SUBSIDENCE;

SEA LEVEL;

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEFLECTION; EUSTACY; ISOSTASY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SHORELINE CHANGE; SLOPE;

EID: 84875216982     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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